#CBAE53#CBAE53

#CBAE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE53
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, -0.33, 49.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 49.71, 90.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0036 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.115 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3278, 43.5953, 14.4198)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE53 #5370CB

analogous

#CB7253 #CBAE53 #ACCB53

triadic

#CBAE53 #53CBAE #AE53CB

tetradic

#CBAE53 #53CB72 #5370CB #CB53AC

square

#CBAE53 #53CB72 #5370CB #CB53AC

split-complementary

#CBAE53 #53ACCB #7253CB

monochromatic

#7E6826 #AD9034 #CBAE53 #D9C482 #E7DAB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CBAE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE53

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE53	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec586',
    500: '#cbae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae53;
$custom-light: #dec586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE53

secondary

#A4B0D6

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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